A sketch of the provinces of New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland & Virginia shewing the line of forts lately built on the frontiers of those colonies and their situation with respect to the French forts on the Ohio and Lake Erie : also the route from Albany to Oswego, with the forts built and to be built for [its?] security / drawn by order of His Excellency General Shirley by William Alexander, Secy. and copy'd by Mr. Bartman.

Format:

Map/Atlas

Author/Creator:

Alexander, William, 1726-1783.

Contributor:

Bartman, George.

Shirley, William, 1694-1771.

Great Britain. Colonial Office.

National Archives (Great Britain)

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Series:

Colonial America (Marlborough, England)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Colonial Office.

France. Armée.

Great Britain. Army.

Military roads.

Fortification.

East (U.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800.

East (U.S.).

Fortification--New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Fortification--Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Fortification--Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Military roads--New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain--Colonies--Defenses--America--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

Defenses.

America.

France--Colonies--Defenses--America--Early works to 1800.

France.

Great Britain. Army--Colonial forces--North America--Early works to 1800.

France. Armée--Colonial forces--North America--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain. Colonial Office--Archives.

North America.

New York (State).

Maryland.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Archives.

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 manuscript) map : color

Scale indeterminable.

Other Title:

Title on fragment pasted on lining paper of binding: Sketch of the forts on the Western frontiers &c.

Cartographic Data:

Scale indeterminable.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1756]

Notes:

Map extending from the lower part of Lake Ontario south to the northern boundary of North Carolina, and from Detroit and Lake Erie in the west to Albany and Long Island in the east. Shows French and British forts marked in red, and province boundaries marked in blue or yellow.

Hand color.

"In Majr. Genl. Shirley's letter (No. 2) of March 8th 1756."--Fragment pasted on lining paper of binding.

Originally part of Colonial Office file CO 5/46/431.

Volume reference numbers on publisher's website: MPG 1/332.

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015. (Colonial America. Module 1)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.